Taylor v. State

307 Ga. 755

FINAL COPY S19A1476. TAYLOR v. THE STATE. WARREN, Justice. A Fulton County grand jury indicted appellant Sylvester Taylor in 2014 for malice murder and criminal attempt to commit rape, among other crimes, stemming from the beating death of Linda Madison. This appeal, however, stems from an exchange between Taylor and the judge presiding over his pre-trial proceedings.1 Specifically, at a preliminary hearing held on April 4, 2014, Taylor proclaimed that “I ain’t killed that b*tch; that b*tch killed herself.” The trial court then cautioned, “Wait a minute.” Taylor, however,…